The Full List of Canadian Record Stores Celebrating Record Store Day Black Friday 2024
There are exclusive records from bands like BadBadNotGood and Joni Mitchell and deals at brick-and-mortar record shops from Toronto to Quebec City to Whitehorse.
Sonic Boom in Toronto
Black Friday might be tied to American Thanksgiving, but it's becoming a major thing here in Canada, especially for record lovers. Record Store Day (RSD) now uses Black Friday as its second big date of the year, offering exclusive records for music lovers at brick-and-mortar record shops across Canada . As the day inches closer on Nov. 24, the official list of stores participating has been released, which includes many in Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Halifax and more.
Exclusive releases include Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark Demos, Turnstile and BadBadNotGood's collaborative EP New Heart Designs and Nas’s I Am… The Autobiography. Anniversary reissues include Willie Nelson’s Shotgun Willie (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition), War’s World Is A Ghetto (50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition) and The Chronic (30-Year Anniversary Edition) by Dr. Dre. Not every store will have every release, so it's best to call ahead to see what each store is stocking. But the list has a lot to excite most collectors.
It even goes behind permanent record stores to record labels. Toronto indie label Dine Alone Records is hosting a Black Friday event at its Dine Alone Store at 864 Eastern Ave., which includes exclusives like Say Anything’s Baseball on Hot Pink vinyl, Moneen's Are We Really Happy with Who We Are Right Now Cloud vinyl and "warehouse finds" vinyl including titles from City and Colour, The Dirty Nil and Counterparts.
Here is the official list of RSD Black Friday participating stores in major cities across Canada:
Toronto
Pandemonium Books & Music
Dead Dog Records
Tonality
High Notes Coffee + Vinyl
Emissions Records Shop
Shortstack Records
Rotate This
Breathless Vinyl
Sonic Boom
Kops Records (Queen St.)
Kops Records (Danforth Ave.)
Pop Music
Dine Alone Records
London
Odyssey Records & Cinema
Grooves Records
Windsor
GoingThruVinyl Records
Dr. Disc Records
Ottawa
The Odds & Sods Shoppe
The Record Centre
Montreal
L’Oblique
Beatrick Music
Freeson Rock
Atom Heart
Quebec City
CD Melomane
Bouquinerie Rock’n livre
Le Knock-Out!
Halifax
Obsolete Records
Taz Records
Winnipeg
Argy’s Records & Entertainment Shop
Into The Music
Into The Music Ltd.
The Winnipeg Record & Tape Co.
Saskatoon
McNally Robinson Booksellers
The Vinyl Exchange
Regina
X-Ray Records
Whitehorse
Triple J’s Collective
Edmonton
Revolver - Mill Woods Towne Centre
The Gramophone Inc
Freecloud Records
Sacks Thrift Ave.
Listen Records
Calgary
Sloth Records
Melofiya Records
Classic Replay
Vancouver
Audiophile
Dandelion Records
Neptoon Records
Beat Street
Zulu Records
The full list of participating stores and exclusive deals can be found here.
